Friday, September 30, 2005

House hunting

Two weeks ago a house went up for sale and we were among the first to see it. It's the best house we've seen (out of about 25 that we've viewed) and wanted to go for a second look before putting in an offer. Unfortunately the estate agent couldn't get in touch with the vendor to arrange it and this week the sold sign was up. We could picture ourselves living there, it's a fantastic house but someone must have beat us to it.

On the plus side, the decorating is nearly finished here - the house has been modernised and is looking gorgeous. The wife started with the bedrooms just before I move in four years ago and every room has been done since. Just the living room needs finishing off. Because it's so nice we're not bothered about staying. It's not a brilliant area but the neighbours seem to be behaving again and the cars haven't been damaged recently (I still need a new wing mirror and aerial though). And the house is looking and feeling fantastic. We won't move until we have found somewhere with the space we have here but would love a garden in time for next summer. While the tomatoes are ripening one by one, they would do better in a proper greenhouse!

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